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Judging by last thread, it might be too much to ask to support an offseason /mls/ thread to the post limit, but let's try anyways.
27 players available for free agency (an MLS first): http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/12/07/mls-announces-first-ever-class-free-agents
60 players eligible for the Re-Entry Draft: http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/12/07/mls-announces-60-players-eligible-re-entry-draft
25 players eligible for the Waiver Draft: http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/12/08/mls-announces-list-players-eligible-2015-waiver-draft
Threadly reminder that this happened
>yfw there are 2 neo-nazi mls teams
>>64098206
Hi I'm Chris Pontius, welcome to Philly
>>64098206
People fly flags that are basically imperial German flags at United games.
I went there with a German guy and a military guy who was stationed at Germany and they were saying: 'Do they know what that flag means?'
>>64098821
>implying there's anything wrong with Imperial Germany
>>64098809
Glad to see he can still get work. That was a huge part of my youth.
>>64098821
Just like the Brony Army flies a recolored imperial Japan flag: >>64098796
And, not as fascist but similarly clueless, how the Quakes fly Estonia's flag.
MLS "ultras" are fashion-first dummies.
>>64098903
woops, time to clear my name field
>>64098809
Top Ayy
>>64098796
Never forget
>>64098206
Thank God, they needed to update the crest
who saw the timbers rally? should be up on youtube soon.
a maelstrom of fuckery and drunken singing.
lovely stuff.
>Soon: even sooner edition
btw liam ridgewell's dad took a pic with the pink pony. lmao.
>>64099331
>tfw you're a pro athlete but your dad is a brony
Thankfully I will never know that feel
>tfw da timbers will win da next concachampions
>you will never be a north western hipster mls fan
why live senpai
>>64098206
>http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/12/07/mls-announces-60-players-eligible-re-entry-draft
>MF Fred (Philadelphia Union)
Not the 7-1 guy, is it?
Why is LA in the running for a second MLS team before 5 other teams get a chance?
>>64100632
Seeing that name and Higuain's on the Crew always trips me up. But no, 7-1 Fred has mostly played his career in Brazil, where he still is.
>>64100632
Fred has never played for Brazil.
>>64100409
>>64100445
>tfw sudas notice your domestic league
So /mls/, I was away from my computer during the MLS Final. What happened after Valeri's goal? How bad was the crying for refball after Wallace's goal? Did all the Seattle faggots kill themselves after Portland won it? Was /sp/ mad as fuck when Portland did win?
>>64100654
>things flyovers say
sorry anon, it's just a numbers game
>>64101172
Im not flyover, I live in California
>>64101355
regardless, LA still has the numbers for 2 MLS teams, both in population and in money for the fee to join the league.
>>64100963
It was glorious
>Soon
>>64101618
N F L
>Tally Hall in Re-Entry Draft
Dafuq? I thought he was good!
>>64101405
>mfw we all thought columbus had the advantage
I dont think anyone predicted 2-0 timbers in less than 10 minutes
Earnie starts his job today lads
http://www.bnd.com/sports/article48218290.html
HABBENING
>>64106376
Old news mayne.
Unequaled support in this league.
>>64106461
last night's celebration
>>64101634
The league isn't big enough to discriminate
I know it's a meaningless game and what not, but Julian Green is getting the start in the Champions League
>>64098206
That looks so cool, I wish Chicago incorporated our flag into the team's crest instead of that generic as fuck "C".
>>64098796
this happened
Could there be any more hype over a GM?
Also more TAM because everyone already spent theirs
>>64106537
Dude's mind has to be so fucked by now with how much Buyern's yanked him around
>>64107208
Its just good to see that the team is finally moving in the right direction.
I'm so glad the Sak era is over.
>>64100654
Because it can work, they just need to not market towards the Hispanics. They made that mistake with Chivas USA, but they won't again.
I'm disappointed they aren't getting a team in, say, St. Louis or Charlotte, but I'm sure they'll expand in or near there in the future if there is interest. A St. Louis-Kansas City regular game would be awesome.
>>64108661
Agreed. Also, despite NYCFC being a JUST team, their games with Red Bull were fun to watch.
LAFC is probably going to be just as fun to shitpost about desu
>>64106461
KC has pretty good fan support too desu.
But yeah Portland definitely has the best.
>Leaping Larry back
NEAT
>>64109440
>club
>>64109040
So what are the four places most likely to be expanded towards with the next 4 spots?
List of possible spots off the top of my head, in no particular order:
Sacramento
St. Louis
Charlotte
Indianapolis
Austin? (a few people are slinging this around but I'm not convinced)
San Antonio? (same feeling with Austin, not sure)
Detroit? (May find it hard to back the $200 million being required by the league)
So its official, TAM is the new meme currency/rule
>>64109536
Sac, St. Louis, and San Antonio seem like a lock.
I don't know about the others. Indy is probably the closest to getting an expansion but a lot can change.
>>64109610
Someone needs to make a giant info graph explaining the MLS salary/player structure.
>>64109694
>1. whatever LA wants
>2. the bigger the market, the more malleable these "rules" are
>>64110294
Accurate
>>64110294
>>64109694
TAM is going to be really interesting because of all the dps that can be brought down, it'll be interesting to see what kinds of players will be coming in this offseason
>>64100409
>people literally dying in the smoke
Lmao Portland pussies
>>64110814
>tfw smoke bombs kill my asthma
>>64110814
smoke is the gayest thing about soccer desu.
>>64101634
>not wanting owners with billions to spend
>Soon: 360 degree panorama edition
http://mercedesbenzstadium.com/multimedia/pano/
Finally some new pics.
ORLANDO, START SOON POSTING
MINNESOTA, START SOON POSTING
LAFC, START SOON POSTING
DC UNITED, START SOON POSTING NEW STADIUM STUFF
GET FUCKING STARTED ON SOMETHING: NYCFC, Miami, Revs
>Soon
>>64109610
Sounds good to me
what the fuck is a re-entry draft?
LOS
ANGELES
FORMER
CHIVAS
>>64106461
The Galaxy has won 5 and no one in LA gives a fuck.
>>64098903
It's our club colors la not Estonia
>>64114012
:^)
>>64113850
A way to not allow players to become free agents
>>64113902
It tells you the scope of the Mls in this country and with an nfl team returning back to LA. Northwest is known for its euroboobs. So there's no surprise there's a lot of "support"(posers).
Why would someone in LA root for a team that isn't the Galaxy? Why would you root for LAFC?
>>64114525
>Why would someone in Munich root for a team that isn't Buyern? Why would you root for 1860?
>Why would someone in Barcelona root for a team that isn't Barca? Why would you root for Espanyol?
>Why would someone in Madrid root for a team that isn't Real? Why would you root for Atletico?
And so on
Will they put in the "no one likes us" video?
>>64115127
Pls no
>>64098796
>being surprised MLeL fans are also Bronies
This beauty was displayed during a Canada v. USA friendly.
Google tells me that this is Brek Shea and Alex Morgan as ponies.
>>64115235
I can see why they'd choose Brek
>>64115127
cringe and puke: the movie
>>64115235
Maybe violence at soccer games isn't a bad idea.
USL attempting to form a union/players association
http://www.socceramerica.com/article/66889/new-union-seeks-recognition-from-usl.html
>>64114744
Are you brain dead. The roots of those clubs are way different than today's situation.
Anyone going to the draft? Went for the last one and brought this, someone continue the bantz pls, maybe an /mls/ meme
>>64115953
>"It should be emphasized that the proposed union gained majority support by promoting collaboration with the league rather than activism against it.”
I'd like to know whether this is why it only had 53% support or whether that was due to lingering red paranoia or what.
But good, it should be a given that a pro U.S. sports league has a players' union.
>MLS has had a recognized union since 2003. The NASL has no union.
top kek NASL BTFO by USL yet again
>>64116120
The Waiver Draft? The Re-Entry Draft? The SuperDraft? Or last year did you go to the Expansion Draft?
>>64116169
I hate this league
>>64116169
Superdraft
>mfw i was probably surrounded by redditors
Nice bants though, the orlando city fans were pretty cool
>>64116025
The point is that major cities can support multiple pro teams. The only place this isn't true in the world is probably Paris.
What's so different about "today's situation" that makes you think that isn't true?
>>64115235
that's just Portland fans, family
>>64116131
Could also be that there's more interest, but they announced as soon as they had a majority TO announce
>>64116381
I was wondering whether that was the case too, yeah. Also would be interesting to know whether the MLS-affiliated teams made up any of that 53% or whether those players are subject to the MLS Players' Union or what.
>>64116424
A bit murky here, but I should think that anyone who isn't on a contract with the first team (and therefore under the umbrella of MLS's union and CBA) should be eligible for this
>>64116131
I bet that pretty much every player in the USL would like to have a union at some point, but some think it's too early, which it might still be
>all these convoluted rules in mls
>>64118717
half of them would disappear if they allowed individual team ownership
it's gotta happen soon, especially with the league apparently growing to 28! teams!
>>64118733
How would we ever get to that point within the current system? The league will slowly allow more control to the different owner groups, but single entity isn'tgoing anywhere unless it is killed in court.
>>64106537
He's too quiet and submissive to stand out desu. Kid needs to play in another bundes team rather than pretend he has a chance of benching Costa or a Buyern XI player
>>64118819
should be loaned to mls maybe a confidence boost will do him some good like giovinco
>>64118902
As much as I find mls entertaining, no. He needs to develop as a player and become good if he wants to be a top player for >us and that can only happen in europe playing against the best week in week out.
>>64118940
At some point he just needs playing time because that muh quality bullshit isn't going to help.
>>64119191
>>64118940
he could come back for just a couple years, play in MLS or NASL, get some playing time, then go back to Europe or whatever once he's got some seasoning
in the meantime, whichever team GRABS HIM can be all like COME SEE OUR TEAM, THIS GUY SCORED IN THE WORLD CUP!!1!
>>64116120
Where are they all held? Might go if it's convenient
>>64119607
Wherever the National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention is held
It's in Baltimore this year
Please tell me we'll be good again
>>64119739
I didn't know Salt Lake City was in Spain, m8
>>64119746
Province of New Spain, actually known as Estados Unidos Mexicanos
>Soon
>>64121819
Soon: forgot pic edition number 25ish
>Diego Valeri is an MLS champion
wew
>>64121828
nigga you know and I know "United" will be just as shitty and chokey as the rest of our shit teams
>>64121869
Do I think they will win the MLS cup in 2017? no. Do I think they will be as bad as other Atlanta teams? hell no.
also, the eastern conference fucking sucks. We got this.
>>64121945
>le eastern conference sucks
Aside from the meme cup, which conference has been winning the league? Western dominance is a meme outside of MLSC up
>>64122172
>the one good team in the shittier conference has a better record than the teams in the better conference that have to face each other more often.
It's like TCU being ranked high for beating a bunch of shitty teams. Put em in a real conference and see what happens.
>>64122232
>mfw western conference fades into irellevancy after Miami, NYCFC, Cosmos, Orlando and Atlanta get settled in
Enjoy it while you can because nobody is gonna give a shit about the fake fandom of the western conference in a few years
>Cosmos
opinion discarded.
>>64121856
Thats the beauty of mls though, it mostly doesnt matter who you are, you dont have to outspend the league, all you have to do is meme your way to a cup
Ethan White traded to NYCFC
https://twitter.com/soccerinsider/status/674978146664452096
New PDL logo
>>64121828
>nfl stadium
US soccer will never be relevant as long as MLS is the top league. They need to scrap and start a league with promotion and relegation.
>>64123217
Guess it's new logo season.
>>64123736
This. NASL is doing it right.
>>64122325
When will the
>next year is our year
meme end
>>64123761
>NASL has an open cap, yet still spends way less per player than MLS.
>Most retirement league in the "retirement league" country.
Yep. Totally doing it right.
>>64123761
NASL does't have pro/rel either
>>64123797
It's second division, what do you expect?
>>64123797
If you can find a second tier that spends more per player than the first tier anywhere in the world I'll be impressed.
>>64123838
They think they're first division quality
>>64123838
Them either folding or admitting that they rightfully belong in the 2nd division as opposed to suing the US soccer pyramid for D1 status.
>>64123858
>NASL
>"We deserve to be the 1st division of US Soccer. We have the quality"
>"Of COURSE we underpay our shit-quality players we're D2"
They can't have it both ways
>>64123866
They think they have the potential to be, and it's a bid they probably have to make to stop teams jumping ship to MLS as soon as they get a soccer stadium. Right now they're not even D2 without waivers for number of teams and timezones.
Anyone claiming NASL is D1 quality right now is just le epic bantz.
>>64123870
They're not suing for D1 status, they're saying that they may sue in the future if USSF changes the D1 rules to suit MLS. Right now, there has been no rules change, and so no lawsuit.
>>64123909
>They can't have it both ways
you expect them to risk financial stability by overpaying players rather than growing organically?
>>64124047
NASL should probably implement some minimum standards, though. Before they were sold, the San Antonio Scorpions apparently had most of their players on 8-month contracts with no healthcare. The owner was cutting costs wherever he could to direct money to his charity foundation, and it meant a work situation that shouldn't be acceptable in professional sports.
>>64124047
I expect that if they want to be "D1 quality" to spend money becoming D1 quality.
Buying a Past-his-prime Raul, Senna or Maicon Santos and then buying players you literally give 200 a week to play for you isn't helping league quality.
>>64124164
You're comparing different strategies across teams, though. Cosmos are pursuing the model they've always used, signing washed-up superstars to fill seats, and hoping it won't destroy the league this time around. Other teams are trying to get away with treating NASL like a semi-pro league.
NASL currently gives these owners the freedom to try different things, which helps differentiate them from MLS. That'll probably change as a result of the USL union. Either the league will implement minimum requirements, or players will unionize and work out a CBA. Peterson has said any CBA that has a minimum salary will also include a salary cap, though.
>>64123679
>thinking its impossible to build something that serves more than one purpose
holy shit senpai
>>64124622
>its ok that muh mls team is some billionaire's bottom bitch
>>64124288
Do you even know how or why today's NASL came to be?
>>64125056
A bunch of USL Pro teams got full of themselves and broke off. Is there more to it than that?
>>64125034
its his pride and joy nigga. he cries when he talks about it. He will dump more in the first 5 years than your favorite team has in 20.
>>64125223
Gonna be Kraft2.0
>>64125223
>tfw your owner funded half the league by himself for the first few years
>>64125223
>>64125309
>tfw your owner is some kebab with oil money that can't find a place in the city for the new Emptyhad
>>64125273
nah mane. Kraft and his senpai simply do not give a fuck about soccer. Blank kids actually play (old rich guy with young kids n shit) He actually shows up to his kids games and AUFC functions.
Eales and Bocanegra are watching people try out right now according to instagram.
>>64125223
>turf
It's like saying you don't give a fuck, or you're too dumb to understand how bad it is
>>64125369
>oil money
Not quite THAT rich... but Home Depot money is pretty guuud.
you try finding a place here. Everything is ruined by Nimbys.
>>64125374
>our owner is a real soccer dad gais
Does he drive his own mini van?
>>64125369
Are you actually a NYCFC fan?
E A R N I E
>>64125388
>the turf was my idea and I have full control over this
I'd rather have a team that plays on turf than no team at all
>>64125446
After all the turf injuries, Seattle may as well not have had a team.
>>64125413
>thinking soccer moms still have vans
Soccer moms drive SUV's lad
>>64113134
>soon?
>>64125640
Thats the spirit. That looks awesome...where is that.
>>64125655
That's the Cosmos' revised stadium proposal for Long Island.
Well Earnie said nothing earth shattering but at least it sounds like the team has some vision now, which is cool.
>>64125668
Good luck fampai
Earnie seems like he knows what hes talking about, more so than anyone thats worked in the soccer side of the FO ever
>>64125668
That stadium has about 20,000 more than would ever show up
>>64125893
Yee. I'm glad they are blowing up the team too.
Possible Neo-Nazi MLS team?
>>64126007
Reminds me of Papers, Please
>>64125927
Yeah its not like hes focused on 1 year of results either, i like how he wants everyone to work as one Towards the brand, playstyle and he wants to make the most of the academy, looking forward to how this team will look for next season
>>64126007
I can't tell if they're Atlantafags or DCfags.
>>64126215
Which is what it should be about desu.
>>64126772
I have a feeling that's always gonna be true, unless 1 of those teams rebrands (again)
>>64126215
I can't wait
>>64126007
this is like Soviet Hunger Games or some shit
>>64114525
the sc kiddies that will live right by the stadium
>>64126772
>cant read
>doesnt recognize the pheonix "resurging"
>doesnt see the big A on the pheonix chest
cmon bruh
http://www.cosmosstadium.com/
MLELS BTFO
DIVISON 1 WHEN?
>>64127542
When MLS decides to expand into New York again, 2025-2030
>>64128992
Garber's already said that he's not going to put any more teams in NY and LA tho
>>64127542
>>64128992
>>64129570
MLS will literally never be BTFO by cosmos and there will NEVER be 3 teams in NY
>The Galaxy will never play the Cosmos
>tfw no Sagan Bowl
>>64123744
Better than MLS desu
>>64126007
>two Southern teams
>both use black and red
>both have a hawk
JUST
>>64130064
>Washington DC
>south
>>64129570
>>64129694
>implying mls wont have at least 32 teams when it reaches max
>>64130181
Technically it is south
>>64130251
No it isn't
It could literally never be in the South
>The US to play Iceland in camp cupcake
So we now know that Iceland will get their revenge for us taking Kevin Bacon
>>64130534
What is Virginia then? Sure its not deep south, but to anyone actually from the north east thats around where it becomes the south
>>64130534
But it is m8, Maryland is technically part of the south and there's nothing you can do about it :^)
>>64130534
>what is the Mason-Dixon line
>Arnold Peralta murdered in Honduras
ruh roh
>>64130690
It's not the South
North Carolina isn't even in the South
>>64130700
>>64130996
The first requirement is succeeding from the Union
It's not the only requirement, but it's obviously important
>>64130064
>both called United
>MLS in charge of team names
>>64131091
>North Carolina
>Not South
Here's your >you m8
>>64131071
Was he on Olimpia's roster for CCL this year?
>>64131376
I already gave you a (you) for thinking Virginia/Maryland was in the South
>>64131435
Just because you're saying that, doesn't mean that it's true m8. The Mason Dixon is a thing, it exists. Even if the culture is different than Alabama or Mississippi it is still Southern.
>>64131593
But it hasn't even been correct since before the Civil War
>>64131435
This is how the U.S. census bureau defines "The South" tbf
>>64131653
I'll give them Kentucky and virginia, but anything parralel with Ohio vcant be considered south
>>64131653
Delawarean here
Upper new castle is north, sussex county is south
>>64131653
As a Southerner I take issue with Delaware's inclusion. Otherwise it makes sense.
>>64131653
Well for their purpose it might work
But for what everyone considers the South it's wrong
>>64131813
No
>>64131811
Don't
Over half of these states aren't actually in the South
>>64131826
I take issue with you calling yourself a Southerner
/mls/ - Geography General
>>64131435
>In what is now known as the Compromise of 1790, Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson came to an agreement that the federal government would pay each state's remaining Revolutionary War debts in exchange for establishing the new national capital in the Southern United States.[7][a]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#History
>>64131938
I'm from New Orleans, m8. Try to tell me that's not the South.
>>64132000
>Taking from Wikipedia
1790 came before the Mason-Dixon line
I already said that definition of southernhood had grown past that
And your opinion is already worthless
>>64132100
>implying Wikipedia invalidates historical facts
Just follow the citations.
The Mason-Dixon line is only one arbitrary measure by which the boundaries of the Southern states may be drawn. It doesn't even match the borders of the Confederacy, which itself does not encompass all Southern states.
While DC itself is not culturally a "Southern" city, it is located physically in the South, and certainly DC United's catchment area includes Virginia, which is unquestionably a Southern state.
The fuck are you niggers arguing about now?
>/mlels/ - offseason geography disputes
>>64132409
Whether there are two teams in the South with red-and-black color schemes and "United" in the name. This is a matter of deep-seated personal pride for some people, apparently.
>>64132497
I don't like it. I want more NASLeL shilling
>>64132968
Great!
Rate Miami FC's kits.
>>64132100
Virginia is indeed the South. Maryland too. Lesser extent now because of DC and Baltimore suburbs
>>64133053
Looks like division 3 to me
>>64133053
Meh.
Is NASL intentionally going for some corny vibe?
>>64133053
lol oh man I just got back from that. This girl I went to school with works as one of their sales marketing people. Anyway they went on and on about nothing. Apparently the shirts are made out of super special material to deal with the sun here. The home shirt is that Dolphins-ish color. I don't like them very much and most people didn't either.
>>64133298
Did they have free drinks?
>>64133170
Maybe they fell for this shitty Photoshop and thought they had to outdo Beckham.
>>64125668
>tfw no Galaxy stadium in Hollywood that looks like this. I love LA but man I wish Stubhub was comfy like Portland or Kansas City
>THAT TRINIDAD KEEPER'S ASS
BREHS
>>64133439
If they did I didn't get one. I left after the shirts came out. It was nothing but we're going to be the greatest team ever type talk.
>>64133675
Pretty lame
>>64133442
If Beckham actually names his team Miami Vice instead of "United" or some other yuro name that'd be pretty cool.
>>64133442
Hope they aren't named the Vice, but I love those unis
>>64133442
>miami vice
>supporters group is the viceroys
>mfw someone unironically compiled this list
>>64134644
what the fuck is this based on?
>>64134686
no idea m8
someone posted it in >>64132709
>>64134526
This needs to happen.
Unfortunately it's actually being called "Miami Beckham United", because fuck nice things.
>>64134644
what the fug is this
>>64134794
I'm pretty sure that's just the name of the ownership group, right?
Just came by to say the new DC United logo is pretty cool.
Too bad the team is forever asstastic until the owners actually put money in.
>>64134851
Right, it's Miami Beckham United LLC.
But then look what happened with LAFC.
>>64131938
I lived in Central Florida for 3 years and say yall. Gonna take issue with that?
>>64133583
Pic?
>Wnt waifu
>>64133053
>William palacios
>Dane Richards
The fuck?
>>64136256
power moves
>>64136256
https://twitter.com/TheMiamiFC/status/675121325074173952
>>64136408
Power eating, maybe
>DC gets a logo update
>still no new stadium
amazing
>>64137337
Soon senpai
>>64133456
>galaxy moving
>galaxy moving further north
Even if >we had a comfy stadium, there would never be the same kind of atmosphere as those places. SoCalfags just aren't those kind of fans.
>>64123832
They kinda do have pro/rel
Pro: Getting enough money to go to mls
Rel: Going out of business
>>64137857
NASLel BTFO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV9-cF69yXs
>MLELS rules
Is this mls nasl shitposting just a meme or are you all seriously going at it?
Beitashour's moving from across Canada, from the Whitecaps to TFC
>>64139609
Do I even want to know how the league handles transfers
all I want for christmas is a team in Calgary ;-;
>>64139974
I'm pretty sure even Garber doesn't know.
>>64140079
Me too senpai.
Also another fucking CFL team to balance out the conferences holy shit does that bother my autism.
>>64139609
Fuck this league
>>64139688
Seems like a good move for TFC. They need all the help they can get on that back line.
>>64134644
>NYCFC, Chicago and Philly above the Quakes
>>64134644
>Montreal and Jew York above the Dynamo.
Meh its not even 1/2 right.
>>64141325
i doubt an actual expert has anything to do with that list. they probably havent even seen it yet desu
>NASL
Union trade MacMath for a second rounder in 2017, based Earnie stockpiling assets, even better because MacMath was out of contract but we got something for him somehow
>>64144045
mfw the Union use the 3rd pick in the superdraft for that GK the Whitecaps let become eligible for the draft.
>http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-fc-yahoo/matt-miazga-turns-down-red-bull-contract-offers-192806577.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw
Miazga to euro is happening.
>Soon
Re Entry draft happening
